Miguel's Cafe

Address: 106/1 Chaiyaphum Road Chiang Mai 50300 Thailand
Phone: 053 874 148
Website: miguels-cafe.com
Coordinates: 18.793350, 98.993970

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Mexican restaurant on the north east corner of the moat

FOOD REVIEW BY MICHAEL (2017)

Cuisine: Mexican
Rating: very poor
Recommended dishes: only fajitas is somewhat edible
Price indication: not expensive; average meal about THB 200-300 / person

Miguel is a well established name for Mexican food and is easy to find on the moat. I see happy faces of customers and staff, this place seems to work, I think, so I sit down with my friend in what looks like a little fenced garden.
The fumes from all the traffic passing by aren't really enhancing the atmosphere and taste experience, but nobody seems to bother, everybody seems happy.
When I take the first bites of my burrito, fajitas, tacos and other typical Mexican food, I almost immediately stop eating. There is no real point to eat this kind of food unless I'm really starving and I have nothing else to eat, there is nothing enjoyable about it, not even the mexican rice and the beans.
Nothing is good here, I repeat: nothing is good here. The taste is made of seasoning powder, it's the same powder stuff you can get in the supermarket, mix it with water and add it to your dishes at home, I can do better.
I look around and still see all smiling and happy faces. So many disfunctional taste buds, I think.
"Real Mexican Food" it says on the menu, if this is real Mexican I can skip one country from my to travel list.
Pitying the food, I ask for a doggie back but of course don't touch it the next day.
A friend passes by, I give it to him as a try out. Later he tell me his dog got sick, he gave the food to the dog. I asked him what dog he has: a chihuahua.

TIP: If you crave Mexican, just drive on a little further and you'll find something more decent: El Diablo's.

Miguel Cafe - not very good Mexican food in Chiang Mai